A Million Little Pieces

I read this book because it was supposed to be a true story and then later found out that it was mostly lies and the author made most of it up. As a work of fiction it is a great book and hopefully the movie will follow the book.

Firstly, I haven't read the book and couldn't care less about all the supposed "fabrications" because - let's face it - no good story is ever quite true.

Secondly, I loved the film.

Ignore the snooty attitude of some reviewers, this film carried a message:

Don't give up hope...learn and heal.

It was a good watch (if not great), the acting was superb, and the storyline unwound itself perfectly. There were some desperately heart-breaking moments and equally challenging scenes but the main feeling I came away with after watching it was...just don't give up.

I don't undestand why they decided to make a movie adaptation out of the book instead of the controversy surrounding its publication. That would have been far more interesting. This movie is the poor man's Xavier Dolan film - and even his "artsy" shots are obnoxious enough. I assume they expected this movie to be an award winning project: nudity, check; tears, check; redemption arc, check; artsy shots out of nowhere, check. They even throw a couple of scientologists to the mix! Overall its plot is as basic and predictable as you would expect it to be had it been made during the 90s.

This was really a great movie about real life addiction and rehab and life. I was very surprised in the story. The min character I did not know but he was great. Everyone else in the movie I knew and they were outstanding. Billy Bob was great Juliette Lewis was was great. The whole cast was good. A must see drama.

This tells an a remarkable struggle against substances. His transformation in the rehab is remarkable and pleasing. The number of familiar faces in the film adds to the viewing pleasure as well.